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Arkansas Wildlife Officer Ended Gun Battle by Ramming Suspects' Van

An Arkansas Game and Fish Commission officer participating in the manhunt, Michael K. Neal, 33, ended Thursday's gun battle on Interstate 40, when he rammed the suspects' minivan with his state truck, the Commercial Appeal reports.

Two West Memphis Police officers were killed, when the two suspects—identified as Jerry R. Kane Jr., 45, and Joseph T. Kane, 16—opened fire on them with an AK-47 during a traffic stop.

Crittenden County Sheriff Dick Busby, who was unarmed and wounded in the incident, has said "all hell broke loose," after officers pulled over the white minivan driven by the suspects.

Scanner audio captured an officer’s account of what happened at the scene, CWBChicago reports: “Ten people surrounded me, indicating that they had firearms. And one person pulled him away from me, holding his waist, indicating that he would use a firearm against me.”

There were so many police officers, sheriff’s deputies and Highway Patrol troopers that the court appearance had to be moved out of Justice Court to Judge John Larson’s Courtroom Number Three on the third floor of the Missoula County Courthouse.

The vehicle pursuit ended in the town of Kittitas where Deputy Thompson was backed up by Officer Benito Chavez. The suspect exited the vehicle and exchanged shots with the two law enforcement officers.

Sarah Wilson and her boyfriend were arrested during a stop in Chesapeake after officers allegedly found drugs in the 1996 Lexus the couple were driving. Police said they handcuffed Wilson and, while attempting to apprehend her boyfriend, 27-year-old Holden Medlin, he became combative and ran away from the scene.